The document presents a patent landscape report on 'cloudlets,' which are small-scale cloud datacenters aimed at enhancing mobility for resource-intensive mobile applications. It explores trends in research including publication rates, patent offices, key applicants, and technologies related to cloudlet technology. Additionally, the report offers IP consultancy services to support innovation and R&D efforts.

1. Cloudlet - Patent Insights
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A cloudlet is a mobility-enhanced small-scale cloud datacenter that is located at the edge of the
Internet. Cloudlets represent the middle tier of a 3-tier hierarchy: mobile device - cloudlet -
cloud.
Cloudlets aim to support mobile applications that are both resource-intensive and interactive.
As a result, it is primarily used as a key element in technologies which require extensive
transmission of digital information, electric digitial data processing, pictorial communication,
etc. The application areas include augmented reality systems, cloud games, automobiles, safety
devices, animations, etc.
The subsequent pages in this document present the research trends around Cloudlet
technology.
It covers
• Publication trend (applications and grants)
• Patent Offices
• Applicants
• Key Technologies
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudlet
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2. Publication Trend
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• The chart below represents the number of records (applications and grants) published.

3. Patent Offices
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• The chart below displays the patent offices along with the count of patent documents published.

4. • The chart below displays top 10 applicants having patent documents related to Cloudlet technologies.
Applicants
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5. Key Technologies
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• The chart below displays key technologies related to Cloudlet.

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